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Madison County has a strange short term rental zoning ordnance

If you have ONE house on the lot, it can be used as either a primary residence or a short term rental. That is the case with this one. If you have ONE PRIMARY RESIDENCE on the lot, you can build ONE additional dwelling to use as a short term rental, provided the lot is six acres or more. You CANNOT use both dwellings for short term rental. You can build ADDITIONAL short term rentals on the lot with a special use permit, as long as the lot is big enough. Each dwelling requires three acres. So on this lot, you could have a primary residence and two additional short term rentals. If I owned this property, I would build myself a primary residence on the hillside and then an additional short term rental by the creek. The short term rentals would pay for everything and you'd be able to live there for free.
Posted: 03/11/2025 at 02:02 PM ET
(In response to this post by MrBayAreaHokie)

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Small average looking house in Madison, VA selling for $500 per square foot
Baltimore Hokie • 03/10/25 12:26 PM ET
Going 180 in the other direction... who has been trying to sell this one??**
VTSweetG • 03/11/25 12:53 PM ET
cannot even fathom that
MrBayAreaHokie • 03/10/25 09:22 PM ET
Madison County has a strange short term rental zoning ordnance ◄
Baltimore Hokie • 03/11/25 02:02 PM ET
how dangerous is that creek proximity?**
MrBayAreaHokie • 03/11/25 02:26 PM ET
That's the other thing that puzzles me
Baltimore Hokie • 03/11/25 02:42 PM ET
sorry, meant this under @hoosnowahokie**
MrBayAreaHokie • 03/10/25 10:33 PM ET
Price was evidently running a little hotter up until 2020..
VT BronzeBacker • 03/10/25 04:48 PM ET
it's the lot...10.8 acres**
MrBayAreaHokie • 03/10/25 01:40 PM ET
That's only like $60-75k of that price**
hoosnowahokie • 03/10/25 09:10 PM ET
wrong hold**
MrBayAreaHokie • 03/10/25 10:33 PM ET
Nice, but would much rather buy a home on the top of a hill...
EDGEMAN • 03/10/25 04:36 PM ET
I did some checking on Zillow - lot prices have a pretty wide range in that
Baltimore Hokie • 03/10/25 02:28 PM ET
Looks like they’ve already taken the wheels off and everything.**
vatechcowpatty • 03/10/25 01:27 PM ET
And for all that you probably are buying
Femoyer Hokie • 03/10/25 12:42 PM ET
Right in the middle of the FEMA flood zone
s.mill hokie • 03/10/25 12:50 PM ET
10 acres. Anybody who buys that house is buying the setting.
Chris ColemanAdmin • 03/10/25 12:34 PM ET
Plus, think how much this white fence must have cost.
MP4VT2004 • 03/10/25 03:15 PM ET
Or for development.
Late 80s Hokie • 03/10/25 03:06 PM ET
It appears to be conservation district zoning, which is less restrictive
Baltimore Hokie • 03/10/25 03:27 PM ET
You could park a trailer down by the river.
GreenvilleVT • 03/10/25 03:01 PM ET
It's currently being used as an AirBnB
Baltimore Hokie • 03/10/25 12:36 PM ET
My guess is it's the 10.8 acres...**
NokieHokie • 03/10/25 12:31 PM ET